Zeb Wise Wins First Race Back From Injury With All Star Sprints At Outlaw
Zeb Wise Wins First Race Back From Injury With All Star Sprints At Outlaw
Zeb Wise returned from injury Friday at Outlaw Speedway and secured the Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions victory.
Angola, Indiana’s Zeb Wise, who was on the sidelines since an accident suffered during competition at Eldora Speedway in early May, made his return to Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 competition extra special on Friday evening, not only opening the Series’ three-day swing through the Empire State with an $8,000 victory at Outlaw Speedway in Dundee, New York, but simultaneously securing his first All Star triumph of the season, as well as the fifth of his career.
Impressive enough, Wise was forced to outduel National Sprint Car Hall of Famer and fellow front row starter, Tim Shaffer, in his winning pursuit, taking command from the former four-time All Star champion on lap 19. The winning move, powering even with Shaffer at the exit of turn two before slingshotting down the backstretch, was the final act in a many lap battle with the Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, native, commencing officially when the frontrunners reached the back of the pack.
Kokomo, Indiana’s Parker Price-Miller, driving by Shaffer late in the non-stop 35-lapper, finished second, followed by Shaffer, “Sunshine” Tyler Courtney, and New York’s own Paulie Colagiovanni.
Winning Quote From Zeb Wise
“I was heartbroken after the crash for many reasons, but moreso because I was going to be forced to sit out a week, and that was tough to swallow because our cars have been really, really good. It makes my job really easy when our cars are this good. It felt like we were able to make speed in places that other people couldn’t. I was really patient with Tim [Shaffer]. He got a really good jump off the start to get ahead of me, so I just waited for lapped traffic before trying anything.”
Hear From Zeb Wise In Victory Lane
Tezos All Star Sprints At Outlaw Speedway Friday Results
1. 26 Zeb Wise
2. 9P Parker Price Miller
3. 45 Tim Shaffer
4. 7B Tyler Courtney
5. 10 Paulie Colagiovanni
6. 29 Sye Lynch
7. 4 Chris Windom
8. 28F Davie Franek
9. 11 Cory Eliason
10. 5W Lucas Wolfe
11. 3 Denny Peebles
12. 70 Scotty Thiel
13. 23 Zeth Sabo
14. 97 JJ Hickle
15. 28M Conner Morrell
16. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg
17. 98 Joe Trenca
18. 35 Jared Zimbardi
19. 88C Chad Miller
20. 7NY Matt Farnham
21. 2 Dave Axton
Lap Leaders: Tim Shaffer (1-18), Zeb Wise (19-35)
2023 Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions Points Standings
Tyler Courtney, the current points leader and reigning back-to-back champion, finished fourh at Outlaw Speedway while Parker-Price Miller finished second. Courtney leads PPM by 38 points in the series points standings, while Chris Windom is 52 points back of the lead.